Tbh this country has far too many holidays imo. Not saying this one is any more or less important but as a whole? Seems like every other Monday is some holiday that no one really cares about beyond getting a free day off. Soon we’ll be celebrating Celery Day. Not saying this one isnt a good thing, just thinking there are too many overall.
Well you’ve got the different styles of cookouts, different styles of art, classical music (although I’d say that’s mostly older since modern is inspired by a wide mix of cultures and not just European,,the tradition of hunting trips in some more rural areas (I’m sure there’s non white people who do this too but I’ve seen a lot more white people do it than not), different hairstyles and clothing styles, etc
I’m gonna make this a list just so it’s easier Classical music -> European culture Hunting trips -> (rural) American culture Hairstyles -> Derived from different European cultures Clothing -> show me something unique to white people en masse then tell me how it’s not American culture Shakespeare -> European
Black culture exists because black people were forced to live their lives a certain way due to the color of their skin. They had to create new traditions as their old ones were stolen from them, circling around the color of their skin. That was forced upon them and thus created “black culture”. What cultural phenomenon exists across all white people, that can be considered white culture? That isn’t purely just American culture?
Dawg it has nothing to do with racism you can save your folder of buzzword posters for another dumber person who will curse at you and make you feel good instead of presenting a valid point. EVERY human on earth has a culture tied to their origins. Denying that is pure ignorance
So because it exists, it doesn’t exist? What you’re saying makes no sense. Whether someone can trace their ancestry or not doesn’t define whether or not they have culture lol. It’s so much more nuanced than saying something is just “black culture”, “European culture”, or “American culture”. There’s HUNDREDS of groups in regional areas with very distinct culture. Hell, every major city in the US and even every state or county has its own culture sometimes
True, more than just Africa, but even then, black culture very much the result of black people in America being treated in the exact same shitty ways regardless of where they came from. That’s why I make it a point to say they’re not really the same. It started when they came over as slaves, and continued to take form by the terrible conditions they were subjected to from then onward
It absolutely does relate to racism. Black culture exists *despite* racism and the attempts to take everything from them. I don’t have hardly any access to my Native ancestry because of, you guessed it, racism. I’m lucky I even know about it. I have that fortune. Very few people do. Black people have had that taken from them for centuries.
Explain to me how it’s not white culture. The people I listed were white, created by white people in regions inhabited by white people, and white people continue to partake in those activities more than every other group. How is that not white culture? That’s like saying black culture isn’t black because people who aren’t black try to partake in it too
Yes brother of course they don’t all share one culture but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. This example is kinda silly but I’m gonna make it anyway. You know how people say white people are bad at seasoning food? Technically that’s white culture. Asian kids joking about (or not 💀) being beat with a spatula or having a shoe thrown at them by their moms? Technically Asian culture since it’s a commonly shared experience. Same with black culture. Slavery was unfortunately a commonly share-
-shared experience that led to black culture developing into what it is today. The same thing can be said about what white people experience too even though yes they are fortunate that it wasn’t from slavery. Any commonly shared custom or experience is what creates a culture. That’s literally the definition of it. If you disagree with that idk what else to tell you since you’re arguing with the literal dictionary definition of what culture is